lacking. Indeed, the tenderness and rare „ 

 devotion of these huge monsters for their 



little ones is the most fascinating thing 

 about them. 



Here were feelings cf an entirely different 

 sort ; and now the heart of man was touched 

 in the thought that there was something in 

 the huge creatures of our sport that was, 

 after all, akin to ourselves. At first our in- 

 terest had been largely barbaric, to stir up 

 Leviathan with the fear of man, and to see 

 how quickly, like the oily flash of a dolphin, 

 he could make his bulk disappear. The 

 scientific stage followed, in which we spoke 

 of unclassified varieties, hoping to make 

 a discovery, and babbled of Dcnticete (the 

 presence of teeth being more important 

 than habits of life) and BalcznidcE and Phy- 

 seterida', especially Physctcr macroceft/ialus, 

 and Orcinus gladiator in six varieties — 



" Wat 's that ? " demanded the grizzled old 

 fisherman, who could stand it no longer. 



" That 's a killer-whale," I told him. 



"Oh," said he, "sh'ld think 'twould kill 

 ye to remember it." 



Outofffie 



